Edwin Dixon
Encyclopedia
Edwin Dixon was a Reform Party
Member of Parliament in New Zealand
.
He won the Patea
electorate in a 1921 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Walter Powdrell
, but was defeated in the 1922 general election
.
New Zealand Reform Party
The Reform Party, formally the New Zealand Political Reform League, was New Zealand's second major political party, having been founded as a conservative response to the original Liberal Party...
Member of Parliament in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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He won the Patea
Patea (New Zealand electorate)
Patea is a former New Zealand electorate, in south Taranaki. It existed from 1893 to 1963.-Geographic coverage:The electorate was based on the town of Patea, which used to have a freezing-works for the preparation of meat for export until 1982.-History:...
electorate in a 1921 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Walter Powdrell
Walter Powdrell
Walter Dutton Powdrell was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Patea electorate in 1919, and held it until he died in 1921. According to the Coroner's Report into the death, Powdrell fell from a building on 9 March 1921. The fall caused injuries to the spine, which led to...
, but was defeated in the 1922 general election
New Zealand general election, 1922
The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament...
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